SECOND EDITION. CABLE NEWS

Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume XX, Issue 2319, 6 January 1893, Page 2

SECOND EDITION.

CABLE.NEWS

BtEIBOTBIO TELEOBAPH.--GqpTaiOHT.

(UNITED PRBSS ASSOQIATiOH.) LONDON, ffiiMij4;; f In giving evidence before, the Eviettd Tenants' Commission yesterday, Mr. J,^ 1 Dillon, M.P., stated that the total reotipti in tbe plan of campaign amounted to -i £284,000. " i

It is reported that Mr. Glprtoca will explain the provisions of th»%ome Bate J' Bill in the Honse of Comindntfon tht 6th ' Fsfcrnarv. ■ ~\ '*.

Australian etooks are abjfaUi able owing ; to the fear that some, "of /the ookjniet \ intend to plaoe fresh loani ju^be nAki#Si at an early date. " '^.iSh^^€ ». Mr. Laboaohere, on tK« gfound prisaU pally of ezpedienoy, proieitff agtimt (fat retention of Irish membara.iqrthe Brituh Parliament, as he considerajt'woald ImA (he House of Commons and the country to reject. Mr. Gltdstone'a Home Bale proposals. row

Daring the coming eessioniof Pirli*. menfc, Lord Onslow intend! lo introduce a Bill providing for the branding of imported meat with' marks' showing&t country from whence it came. LONDON, Janaary S. : City financiers approve of the action of tbe Victorian Government in? ordering a v prosecution of tbe direotors of tbt Mer- , * oantile Bank of Australia. 4 Mr. Jabez Spencer . Bulfbur, who tie v mixed up with several institutions whin '■; have recently suspended payment, hai left the country. Petitions are being signed Is the United '/ States in Bupport of Chapman's Bill to. •$. ", prohibit the employment of Canadians, oT :, whom 800,000 cross the border duly, " returning to their homes in the evening^ ' ?,: while others remain for longer periods.

PARIS, January 5. Blondin, chief clerk of a butt 1 has been arrested in connection with tbt Panama Canal frauds, and fresh reveU* tions are foreshadowed.

One of the oity papers declares that tht late Baron Beinach sold the secret of thu# composition of smokeless powder to Gtt* , many and Great Britain. : yk-

MELBOURNE, Jinauy 5. Lord Hopetown leaves for New Zetland on the 15th mat. „ , , ■ Tbe Colonial Treasurer intends shorter / to invite tenders for £750,000 worth X 4& per cent, treaiury bills ; tbe amount if required to meet the defioieney, and it fit expected that tbe price obtained wiUbt £97 10 a. The Treasurer a/so intend! to ask Parliament to provide foe the eon* version of * loan of £2,107,000, and the * redemption of a loan of £8121000, dehf^r , tores for which are due 6n the Ist or January next, MELBOURNE, January 6. It is officially announced .that Mr. . Munro has resigned- the Agent-General-ship, and it ia understood that Sir Graham Berry will again represent the; colony in London, Those whom the Government decide! to prosecute in connection with tbe feist -> balance-sheet of the Mercantile Bank'of • Australia have informed the anthoritiei. of their whereabouts, and will be sum*! moned on the criminal charge. Tbe tn^fis fixed for 11th inst., bat probably the prosecution will be delayed nntil arrival of Milledge from London. ADELAIDE, Janaary 5. Arrived— Fifeshire, from London. Bhe ' reports having passed tbe steamer Praetorm on fire near the Canaries. The ill.fatecl vessel had been abandoned by her crew before the Fifeshire sighted herf SYDNEY, January 4. A man named Evjerardhaftheej yreetefi^ on BDspioion of having commfflfeS the oat. rage on tbe woman Morrison, who died from the effects of ill usage. The prisoner created a sensation a few years ago °br assaulting women, and earned, the Mflbri* quet of " Jack the Hipper,"

A Seroe soathftriy gile » raging. Af boat swwnpea on tbe >ar»m»tU, •ndlL ■ two men naosed Atkiwon and Dempeey were drowaaeL'> The Monowai eoootuu toad the fall force of tbe gtle in the ran

across from Auckland, and her deck cabins werewaiheaoutby heavy seas breaking on board.

HOBART, January 6.

Arrived, at 6 o'clock this morning— Arawa, from London, via tbe Cspe. She haß 88 paßßeogws for Australian ports and 168 for New Zealand. The Arawa leaves at 6 o'clock to-nißht, for Auckland.

The Acting-Governor has received a cablegram from the Marquis of Ripon, Secretary of Stafo for the Oolooies, who fears it is impossible to meet the wishes of the Government in regard to tbe appointment of a military Governor to woceed Hamilton.